February 22, 2008
Horse Colic
Horses are prone to several digestive disorders. Horses are designed for browsing on relatively poor quality forage, eating small amounts of food more or less continuously all day long. In other words they were made for grazing. Many of our horses today have to adapt to a diet of a wide array of food consisting of grains and other concentrated ingredients that are not a natural element of a horse’s diet. One of the most frightening conditions a horse owner can see is colic.
